Freedom to Love by Carole Mortimer

Author:Carole Mortimer [Mortimer, Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488031960
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1981-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

BREAKFAST was a silent affair, Katy opting for the traditional bacon and eggs of England, Adam having pancakes and maple syrup. He ate them with obvious relish, looking up to find Katy’s amazed gaze on him.

A smile lightened his harsh features. ‘Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it,’ he mused.

‘Pancakes for breakfast!’ she shook her head. ‘My father would have a fit!’

‘Not healthy, you mean. But there’s eggs and milk in them.’

‘And flour,’ she derided, ‘and butter, and all that syrup. You ought to be fat,’ she complained.

‘But I’m not,’ Adam drawled.

No, he wasn’t, he was lean and firmly muscled. ‘I don’t suppose you always eat that much.’

‘You suppose right. Jud introduced me to these little delicacies when I was here earlier in the year. I haven’t been able to get the memory of them out of my mind.’

‘They’re really nice?’ She sounded doubtful.

He grinned at her. ‘Fantastic! You’ll have to try them tomorrow morning.’

Katy grimaced. ‘I’m not sure my stomach’s up to it this time of morning.’

Adam shrugged. ‘It’s your loss.’ He stood up to pay the bill.

Katy followed him outside. ‘Where are we going today?’

‘Maligne Canyon.’

‘Is the lake up there too?’

‘It is, but I intend doing it in two trips. I have a lot of shots to Jake. We’ll make the trip out to the lake tomorrow. You could find it very boring watching me take hundreds of photographs, would you rather stay here and I’ll pick you up later?’

And miss being with him for one minute longer than she needed to? ‘Certainly not. I’m looking forward to it.’

‘I’m warning you, when I work I work with a vengeance. You’ll be bored after an hour or so of that.’

‘No, I won’t,’ she insisted stubbornly.

‘All right,’ he shrugged resignedly. ‘But don’t say I didn’t warn you.’

The road to Maligne Canyon started out all right but after a few miles it became rough and bumpy, although the beauty of the scenery more than made up for this. With the severe weather they had here in the winter it wasn’t surprising that some of the roads were in need of attention.

They parked in the car park, then walked down the pathway to the canyon below. It wasn’t a pathway as such, more of a mud track with a few rocks to occasionally give a foothold.

Standing on the bridge that crossed over the canyon they could see the Maligne River as it gushed over the rocks before going down through the narrow canyon. Adam stood on the bridge and took numerous photographs, standing in places not really meant to be used for such a purpose, and Katy caught her breath in her throat as he leant right over the narrow bridge to get a photograph of the canyon floor.

He was triumphant as he turned round. ‘That should make a fantast—Katy!’ his smile faded as he saw her white face. ‘What’s wrong?’ He moved to her side concernedly.

‘You hang over the side of the bridge and then ask me what’s wrong!’ she snapped angrily.

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